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American Music Club: Mark Eitzel (vocals); Vudi, Bruce Kaphan, Daniel Pearson, Tim Mooney.
Recorded at Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, California on December 11, 1992.
AMC toiled in obscurity for years, the group's albums delighting only its cult following and discerning critics. When the band's press got too good to ignore, AMC was snapped up by the majors. AMC's Reprise debut, MERCURY, failed to set the charts afire, but it continued the band's artistic progression in spades. Uber-producer Mitchell Froom makes a significant impact on the sound. The looseness of the band's earlier albums is replaced by painstakingly constructed arrangements that are idiosyncratic enough to match the band's songs, but sophisticated enough to bring the band to a new sonic level.
Singer/lyricist Mark Eitzel, never known for his positive outlook, is possibly at his bleakest here, delivering song after song detailing his disappointment, disaffection, and low self-esteem. Fortunately, the masterfully arranged songs are musically varied enough to keep things from getting bogged down. "I've Been a Mess" is something of an AMC theme song, while even Eitzel's songwriting comes under suspicion as he lays his songs down in supplication at "Johnny Mathis' Feet," as the song billows with ironically grandiose keyboards and timpani. After an album full of exotic, angular guitar and keyboard sounds, MERCURY closes with a ragged, tentatively hopeful acoustic ballad "Will You Find Me?"
Recorded at Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, California on December 11, 1992.
AMC toiled in obscurity for years, the group's albums delighting only its cult following and discerning critics. When the band's press got too good to ignore, AMC was snapped up by the majors. AMC's Reprise debut, MERCURY, failed to set the charts afire, but it continued the band's artistic progression in spades. Uber-producer Mitchell Froom makes a significant impact on the sound. The looseness of the band's earlier albums is replaced by painstakingly constructed arrangements that are idiosyncratic enough to match the band's songs, but sophisticated enough to bring the band to a new sonic level.
Singer/lyricist Mark Eitzel, never known for his positive outlook, is possibly at his bleakest here, delivering song after song detailing his disappointment, disaffection, and low self-esteem. Fortunately, the masterfully arranged songs are musically varied enough to keep things from getting bogged down. "I've Been a Mess" is something of an AMC theme song, while even Eitzel's songwriting comes under suspicion as he lays his songs down in supplication at "Johnny Mathis' Feet," as the song billows with ironically grandiose keyboards and timpani. After an album full of exotic, angular guitar and keyboard sounds, MERCURY closes with a ragged, tentatively hopeful acoustic ballad "Will You Find Me?"